Crate tar_no_std[−][src]
Expand description
Library to read Tar archives (by GNU Tar) in no_std contexts with zero allocations.
If you have a standard environment and need full feature support, I recommend the use of
https://crates.io/crates/tar instead.
The crate is simple and only supports reading of “basic” archives, therefore no extensions, such as GNU Longname. The maximum supported file name length is 100 characters including the NULL-byte. The maximum supported file size is 8GiB. Also, directories are not supported yet but only flat collections of files.
This library is useful, if you write a kernel or a similar low-level application, which needs “a bunch of files” from an archive (“init ram disk”). The Tar file could for example come as a Multiboot2 boot module provided by the bootloader.
This crate focuses on extracting files from uncompressed Tar archives created with default options by GNU Tar. GNU Extensions such as sparse files, incremental archives, and long filename extension are not supported yet. This link gives a good overview over possible archive formats and their limitations.
Structs
Describes an entry in an archive. Currently only supports files but no directories.
Iterator over the files. Each iteration step starts at the next Tar header entry.
Wrapper around the UNIX file permissions given in octal ASCII.
UNIX file permissions on octal format.
Header of the TAR format as specified by POSIX (POSIX 1003.1-1990. “New” (version?) GNU Tar versions use this archive format by default. (https://www.gnu.org/software/tar/manual/html_node/Formats.html#Formats).
The file size is encoded as octal ASCII number inside a Tar header.
A C-String that is stored in a static array. All unused chars must be a NULL-byte.
Wrapper type around the bytes, which represents an archive.